
Timeline
About me
Reactor Supervisor and Facility Manager at UC Irvine
Education

The university of chicago booth school of business
-Master of business administration finance
San diego state university-california state university
-College of extended studies project management (pmp) certificate
Massachusetts institute of technology
-Master of science nuclear engineeringActivities and Societies: Alpha Nu Sigma

University of arizona
-Bachelor of science nuclear engineering honors and high distinctionActivities and Societies: American Nuclear Society, Tau Beta Pi, Engineer's Council

Mitx on edx
-16.885x: engineering the space shuttle
Mitx on edx
-16.00x: introduction to aerospace engineering: astronautics and human spaceflight
Experience

Exelon nuclear
Jan 1987 - Jan 1998• Directed activities of 6 reactor/system engineers for 2 x 830 MWe Power Plant.• Developed and implemented standards for communicating reactor operating recommendations for plant operations.• Responsible for core thermal power calculations, reactor monitoring software, source through power range neutron monitoring instrumentation, refueling equipment, control rod sequencing, fuel reliability, new fuel receipt and inspection, nuclear material custodian spent fuel pool audits and reports, and planning, execution and verification of fuel movements during refueling outages.• Managed $2M control rod replacement and training budget. Show less
Group Lead, Nuclear
Jan 1995 - Jan 1998Principal Engineer
Jan 1993 - Jan 1995General Engineer
Jan 1987 - Jan 1993

Solar turbines
Jan 1998 - Jan 2016• Served as the PE for 40+ industrial gas turbine generator set projects, with supply of combined heat and power (CHP) heat recovery steam generators, medium voltage electrical equipment, and fuel gas compressors and heaters.• Supported execution of $20M+ revenue projects from initiation to delivery, installation and customer acceptance.• Led technical strategy, definition, and direction of project teams.• Represented organization as the prime technical contact on projects.• Coordinated with customer project management and engineering teams and internal sales order groups.• Controlled project scope and technical risk within production schedule.• Scheduled and led regular integrated team meetings with engineering, manufacturing, quality and test.• Responsible for scope descriptions, lead times, and cost and pricing of change orders to customers.• Prepared cost buildups, quality and vendor documentation requirements for purchase orders to suppliers.• Reviewed customer contracts, drawings, and specifications, resolved implementation issues.• Provided technical responses to customer inquiries and provided backup to project managers.• Led Customer meetings at delivery for transition to field installation, commissioning and Customer acceptance.• Provided leadership for international projects in China, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Spain and the USA.• Served as the Six Sigma Black Belt for the CAT Motoren Power Control Room Project. Show less • Served as the PAE for turbine generator cogeneration applications; provided support to field sales personnel.• Responsible for proposal content in response to customer RFP requirements.• Proposed content, prepared pricing, quoted delivery, and allocated revenue.• Coordinated responses to customer inquiries.• Managed commercial and technical risks.• Released equipment orders to manufacturing in a timely and accurate manner.• Identified critical commercial and technical issues to Project Management.• Implemented sales strategies for the Power Generation Market.• Served as the Six Sigma Green Belt for the Power Generation Proposal Improvement Project. Show less • Contributed financial analyses for five new and existing product development teams to accomplish corporate internal rate of return on investment targets, and product cost reduction targets.• Developed, presented, and gained corporate approval of the Taurus 65 Business Plan.• Assessed actual budget to target plans for labor and material development expense and capital expenditures.• Managed budget accruals for combustion component expenditures.• Developed models of material and manufacturing processes for new product costs and learning curve schedule.• Analyzed product cost to support purchasing decisions and cost reduction programs.• Performed cash flow analysis to determine return on investment (ROI).• Forecasted new product and aftermarket revenue streams, monitored profitability from time of contract to delivery. Show less
Principal Project Engineer
Jan 2004 - Jan 2016Project Applications Engineer
Jan 2002 - Jan 2004Financial Analyst
Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

The home depot
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020Hardware - sales associate• Customer Sales Support• Stocking and Inventory

Uc irvine
Mar 2020 - nowOperations are supervised by the Reactor Supervisor (Level 3) who holds a valid senior operator’s license for the facility. This position is responsible for assuring that all operations are conducted in a safe manner and within the limits prescribed by the facility license, the provisions of the Reactor Operations Committee and the provisions of the Radiation Safety Committee.• Maintain reactor and radiation detection equipment in support of operations, research, and training activities.• Installed and tested upgraded Area Radiation Monitoring (ARM) System.• Installed Digital Chart Recorder for TRIGA Neutron Flux and Fuel Temperature Monitoring.The Department of Chemistry Nuclear Reactor Facility - equipped with a Mark I TRIGA type reactor - is primarily used for neutron activation analysis, which can determine the elemental composition of samples non-destructively for up to 74 different elements. Show less
Reactor Supervisor
Jun 2022 - nowReactor Facility Manager
Mar 2020 - now
Licenses & Certifications

Engineer in training (eit)
State of arizona board of technical registrationAug 1986
Project management professional (pmp)
Project management instituteAug 2016
Dmaic six sigma black belt
Caterpillar inc.Sept 2005
Volunteer Experience
Boys U8 Recreational Soccer Coach
Issued by Lightning Football Club, Carlsbad, CA on Jan 2009
Associated with John KefferTourguide
Issued by Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Chicago, IL on Jan 1988
Associated with John KefferTeam Manager
Issued by LA Galaxy San Diego on Aug 2016
Associated with John Keffer
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